Run Away, Little Boy! Run Away!

Amtrak's Pennsylvania pulls up to WORKS in Altoona, but not without a near-miss. The boy on the bicycle in the middle of the frame is one of several t... (more)

Iranian transhumance by freight train

It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas!

Santa Fe MK1200G 1201 is seen working on the Los Angeles Junction Railway in Commerce, California, on the day after Christmas, 1997. Morrison-Knudson built fou... (more)

The new Charger locomotive has made it down to Portland and is sitting on the lead track for Union Station.

BNSF 6145 and five other SD9s await their uncertain future at BNSF's Interbay roundhouse area. They wear various shades of BN green, and former BN 6122 still wears a BN logo. Joining the group is ... (more)

A pair of Conrail GG1s are on their way to the engine house after arriving with an inbound train

Newly painted UP 8365 basks in the sun at the Jenks shops in North Little Rock.

What would end up being the lone SW1 to survive on Amtrak's roster is seen getting a complete overhaul, and came out of the shop better than new. This unit had been the shop switcher for the Wilm... (more)

An NS GP38-2 pushes a tie train on Dean Siding in Erie while MOW equipment has arrived on the storage track for a tie replacement project on the ex. NKP trackage.

Late in the afternoon, Little Joe E70 holds the main with a dead freight, waiting for an eastbound symbol to emerge from St. Paul tunnel. Meanwhile, five Milwaukee Road MOW employees with a speede... (more)

In threatening foggy weather, eastbound stack train Q120 continues on, as they've just crossed over the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border, and are on the approach to Amherst, Nova Scotia. Amazing h... (more)

American locs recently arrived to Argentina. Picture taken just before going to Materfer plant. Now some of them had been modified according to Argentine railtracks requirements.

As the sun sets on June 29, 2016, an eastbound BNSF grain empty curves into Lombard, Montana, on the busy main line of Montana Rail Link. In a few hours, the colorful clouds will build into impres... (more)

Looking more like a Hollywood creation out of a sci-fi flick than a locomotive, the HHP is a really surprising sight with its skin removed. Note the bell hanging from the frame on the right side.... (more)